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She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.
She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.
Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
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- Kate Chopin
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- Approximate author period: c. 1877 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Kate Chopin: life dates 1850 to 1904. Wikidata Q230476, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230476 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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